Girvan Dempsey returns at full-back in place of Keith Earls while Paddy Wallace is named in the replacements.

Those left out of the match-day squad for the Croke Park encounter include Ulster centre Andrew Trimble and Leicester's Geordan Murphy.

The exciting Earls, like Ferris, impressed in the rout of Canada but finds himself usurped by experience in what is the ultimate challenge for the Irish who have never beaten the All Blacks in 21 Tests.

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